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Navigating Queer Spaces as a Trans Muslim and a Lower Middle Class Person

May 24, 2018

I remember when I was added to this all transmen Whatsapp informal group, a guy started messaging in the group about Islam being bad and conservative and started asking me questions about my religion.

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From Kush to Kushboo – The Story of an Indian Drag Queen

April 26, 2018

Drag personalities are truly gender-less souls whose identity centres around the word ‘artist’, instead of restrictive pronouns. ‘Kushboo’ is my way of re-appropriating the name the bullies at school used to give me. ‘

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LGBTQAI+ People Are Constantly At Risk Of Corrective Rapes

April 20, 2018

Corrective rapes are a form of hate crime. Members of the LGBTQAI+ community are often victims of this crime.

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Problems With Indian Gay Culture Not An Excuse to Get Married – A Response to “Why Indian Gay Men Get Married to a Woman”

April 17, 2018

There are many problems with the gay culture in India, but it is not an excuse to get married.

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Why I wish I wasn’t Gay

March 12, 2018

I wish that I lived a normal life, where I could see men as friends and nothing more. Where I can date a girl and be socially accepted, where everyone celebrates the love we have for each other, like they do on valentine's day.

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Queer Your Year with the Queer Planner 2018!

March 5, 2018

As part of Our Lives, Our Tales, our ongoing archival project to document queer history and queer lived realities, we are very pleased to announce the launch of our Queer Planner 2018.

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Why I’ve Decided to Participate in the Awadh Pride March Being Held on 11th Feb

January 31, 2018

This will be my first pride and I hope to make it an unforgettable experience. I would march to show all the homophobes that they have failed to sprout their shallow beliefs in me

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I am a Gay Male Sex Worker. This is My Story

January 9, 2018

I earned a lot of money through prostitution, but I lost my self-respect, my personality, my feelings and emotions.

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The Struggles of a Rural Muslim Transgender Woman

January 5, 2018

When my family got to know the secret of my attempted transition, my second sister preached to the family that transitioning into femininity is a sin against Allah.

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My Sexuality Doesn’t Define Me

December 5, 2017

Yes, I am gay and it doesn’t make me a pervert and I won’t try upon you. Nor does it give you the right to judge my sexuality. My sexuality is no one else’s business to judge and to comment upon

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My Journey of Self Discovery as a Trans Man

December 4, 2017

17 years of living but not really living ends here. The rest of my life is gonna be the best of my life; I know that. Despite of all the difficulties that come, I'll still be happy cause I'll be me.

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Being Gay in a Small Town: My Untold Story

November 27, 2017

I am between devil and the deep sea. If I shift to some big city I have to face economic hardship, if I remain in my home then I have to face the awkward pressure of marriage.

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